Year of the Month: Sunil Patel on MODERN TIMES
I, a self-proclaimed cinephile, had never seen a Charlie Chaplin film. While I had enjoyed…
Year of the Month: The Dystopian Utopia of THINGS TO COME
The twenties and thirties were full of paranoid visions of the future. In Britain, Aldous…
The best songs of 1936, according to the Academy
Few Academy Awards categories have as dynamic a history as Best Original Song. The category…
Year of the Month: Joseph Finn on THE DEVIL DOLL
What if someone could shrink people to the size of dolls, but in doing so,…
Year of the Month: Persia on JAMAICA INN
“Respectable folk don’t go to Jamaica anymore. That’s all I know. In the old days…
Year of the Month: David “Rosy Fingers” McFarlane on THE PHANTOM
“For those who came in late…” Across the dark realm of the Orient exists a…
Disney Byways: “Moving Day”
A thing I don’t actually mention much in these columns is how much the portrayals…
Enter Plowman: THE PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS
The Midwest United States, closer to both Washington DC and Hollywood than they are to…
Flashback Comics Rack: Highlights of 1936
Year of the Month: Liam Ball on The Man Who Changed His Mind
The Man Who Changed His Mind is one of only three British horror movies made…